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23/24 Semester 1 Week 8

@cheese 📆 October 30, 2023 🍿 2 min read

Week 8 Newsletter

Hey, brickies!

Happy Halloween! I hope you all are enjoying the nice long weekend. Why can’t every weekend be like this? Week 8 has arrived! These weeks are flying by and before we know it, it’ll be Christmas!

We have a nice combination of events lined up for you this week. We will be going bowling in Leisureplex Blanchardstown on Wednesday 1st of November from 6:30-9pm. The sign-up form is located here. If you are interested, sign up quickly as there is a limited number of slots available and it will be first come first served. Hope to see you all there!

Our Hackerclub this week will be about setting up your development environment, giving you tips on the best software to use for development and how to effectively use aliases to speed up all that typing. Sprint down to LG25 on Wednesday the 1st of November from 3-5pm to find out more, or come for the pizza, up to you :)

Redbrick will be doing its annual pilgrimage to FOSDEM which is an open-source tech conference taking place in Brussels, Belgium on the 3rd and 4th of February 2024. You can register your interest by filling in this Google form here. Deadline for registering your interest is the 3rd of November (THIS FRIDAY).

Redbrick hoodie applications are now closed. An email regarding payment information will be going out to those who signed up within the next week. Keep an eye on your inboxes!

If you haven’t already, make sure to join our Discord server to interact with fellow brickies and the committee.

TL;DR:

  • Hackerclub: 1st of November @ 3-5pm, LG25
  • Brickbowl: 1st of November @ 6:30-9pm, Leisureplex Blanchardstown, Sign-up Form Here
  • FOSDEM Interest (Deadline: 3rd of November) (THIS FRIDAY): Form Here

Upcoming Events

Brickbowl

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For our main event, we will be going bowling this week in Leisureplex Blanchardstown. Redbrick actually goes outside? I know, hard to believe right? Strike it down in your calendars for Wednesday the 1st of November from 6:30-9pm. We will meet at the Helix before heading on the N4 to Blanchardstown. We will be collecting payment via this Google form here. There are a limited number of spaces available so first come first served. It will cost €8.50 and you can pay either by cash or Revolut.

Hackerclub

Developer Environment

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Are you getting sick and tired of typing the same commands over and over again? Wishing there were ways to speed up your development workflow to make you more productive. Wondering what all the fuss about VSCode and VIM is? Come on down to LG25 on Wednesday the 1st of November from 3-5pm level up your development environment. Pizza will be provided also!

Jake Farrell (cheese)
Redbrick Secretary 2023-2024